Two motorists were
injured Thursday in a multi-vehicle accident which gridlocked I-80/94 in
Lake County, the Indiana State Police said.

According to
police, at 2:15 p.m. trucker Cynthia Tofflemire, 60, of Ontario, Canada, was
eastbound on I-80/94 when, near Indianapolis Blvd., an unknown object struck
her tractor, causing her to veer left and collide with two passenger
vehicles, a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu and a 2010 Ford Escape.

Tofflemire’s semi
then hit the center concrete median barrier before striking two different
mile marker signs, one of which in turn hit a 2016 Ford Explorer traveling
in the westbound lanes, police said.

The semi came to
rest against the median wall, partially blocking the left lane, while the
Malibu and Escape came to rest blocking the center and right lanes, police
said. The westbound Explorer came to a stop on the inside shoulder of the
westbound lanes.

The Malibu’s driver
was transported to Munster Community Hospital and the Escape’s to Methodist
Hospital Northlake Campus in Gary, police said, neither of them with
life-threatening injuries. The remaining drivers refused medical treatment
at the scene.

Lanes of I-80/94
remained closed for approximately two hours, police said.